Fabric for window-screens



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'I. E. PALMER. FABRIG FOR WINDOW SCREENS, aw.

No. 243,962. Patented July 5,'1881 mbmw n. PETERS. Pholo-L'rlhogmphar,Waihingtnn. m;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

FABRIC FOR WINDOW-SCREENS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,962, dated July 5,1881.

Application filed October 14, 1880. (Nomodeh) To all whom it may concernBe it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, of Middletown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Fabrics for Window- Screens, &c., of which the followingis a specification, reference bei'ng had to the accompanying drawing.

This invention is intended more especially to furnish a cheap substitutefor wire-eloth in the manufacture of window-screens, but may be alsoused for other purposes.

The invention consists in the woven netting of fibrous threads, made ashereinafter described, dressed with sizing throughout to give itrequisite stifi'ness, and having printed or painted upon it figures orvarious ornamental designs in oil-colors or water-proof pigments.

The accompanying drawing represents a face view of a piece of thefabric.

The fibrous fabric bodyA may be woven in the same manner as gauze, orelse be woven by plain weaving'with open meshes through which the lightmay pass freely.

The stiffening-sizing may consist of starch, flour, glue, or othermaterials commonly used for stiffening woven fabrics of fibrousmaterial, or a mixture of such materials, and may be applied to thewoven body or fabric A by the machinery or means commonly employed forsizing and dressing gauze and other open woven fabrics in such manner asto leave the meshes open. The oil-paint or water-proof pigment used fordecorating it by printing the figure upon it may consist of any ordinarypaint-base ground or mixed with any of the siccative oils commonly usedin oil-paint, or with any varnish or other water-proof menstruumcommonly used or suitable for making a water-proof paint. The figure maybe printed upon the sized fabric, after the latter has been dried, bymeans of blocks or cylinders,

over, under, or in contact with which the fabric may be delivered andcarried from or between rollers, or by other known or suitable 5 videdthe fabric is kept extended, as in a win-- dow-screen-whlle the fabricmay be wet by accidental exposure to rain through an open window, anduntil the fabric has been again dried.

I am aware that a fabric of open-meshe woven fibrous material painted orprimed all over with oil-paint and having figures printed on it with thesame material has been made for window-screens; but that is expensiveowing to the difficulty and labor of so finishing the whole open-meshedsurface with oilpaint as to keep the meshes clear and open. The fabricwith the body stiffened with sizing, and having the pattern only inoil-paint, is not only very much cheapened, butit is stiffer, andtherefore better adapted as a substitute for wire-cloth inwindow-screens.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The woven netting of fibrous threads described, dressed with sizingthroughout to give it requisite stiffness, and having printed or paintedupon it figures or various ornamental designs in oil-colors orwaterproof pigments, substantially as set forth and shown.

. ISAAC E. PALMER.

WVitnesses:

M. T. PALMER, F. M. ROBERTS.

